By the way, for those that didn't notice, Josh's #4 picture above is a scepter. I was there when he found it. This is certainly a rarity for Chatham Co. and in fact the only scepter I've ever seen from there.   

Three of my favorites from the original Cooper's Ridge find, summer 2009. The last one was found the second day we knew the deposit existed and found maybe 6-8" below the surface. The start of "the big hole"

-Dave

yeah, those are beauties! Good to see them posted.

Wow that's some really good history.  Thanks for posting that.  Brings back some epic memories!   

You guys found some *sweet* quartz there, as you already know, of course.  Anyone been out there recently?  Last time I was in the area, I had a peek and there were apartment on one side of the road, but still open field on the other.

Good things come in small packages.
Here are a few different angles of a beauty of a little phantom cluster I was taking pictures of recently.

It's that time of year where reminiscing flows like mayonnaise. It's good with some things and others not so much. But this one was a good one. This crystal was found in two parts around 3 or more feet apart from each other. I remember Mark and I being astonished at how it traveled so far apart. The most likely scenario is that gravity simply pulled one half of the crystal further down into the pocket some thousands of years ago.  But it serves as a good reminder to save all the pieces from a pocket for the purpose of finding how the "puzzle pieces" fit back together. And in some cases you may find that a simple repair could turn a worthless specimen into a potentially valuable specimen.

Those are all beautiful specimens! I had no idea you were getting any of that size with the inclusions.
I especially like the story of the broken parts of the crystal and the story of the pottery shards being found and fitting together.
I have found broken artifacts on the surface but the parts adjacent.